By David Crystal

New from Cambridge University Press!

By Peter Mark Roget

This book "supplies a vocabulary of English words and idiomatic phrases 'arranged … according to the ideas which they express'. The thesaurus, continually expanded and updated, has always remained in print, but this reissued first edition shows the impressive breadth of Roget's own knowledge and interests."

Book Information

A reference grammar which covers the essential points of Polish phonology,morphology, and syntax. Written to be usable by the general reader, notjust the linguistics professional. Phonological information is presentedfrom a combined phonogical and orthographical perspective, in order tointroduce the Polish spelling system and its phonological values within asingle chapter. Includes Polish minimal pairs and comparisons to English.Morphophonemic alternations are then set up, followed by individualsections on nominal, pronominal, adjectival, and verbal morphology. Verbalmorphology is organized on the basis of a new application of theJakobsonian one-stem system. Individual sections deal with specificsemantic topics unfamiliar to English speakers, including verbal aspect,motion verbs, and numerals.

The syntax section deals with general descriptive problems, but should alsobe of interest to more sophisticated users. Topics covered include issuesof case and government, the use of pronominal clitics, the formation ofquestions and other sentence types, verbal agreement patterns, and verbalcategories such as voice, mood, and aspect.